Rejected petition Ensure that transgender women are allowed equality

Ensure that transgender women are not deprived of the basic human right such as using the toilet. A minority group which already receive such discrimination has been highlighted by the recent ruling. This does not align with government policy which the equality act entails.

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Ensure that transgender women are protected by the equality act, allow transgender women the basic human right of using the toilet.
The issues around which toilets a transgender man would use is also very unclear.
In order for equality to be paramount to all minority groups, it is paramount that the transgender community are given the same rights, opportunities and social standing as their chosen gender.

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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Amend Equality Act to define the terms woman and man not based on biological sex
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725223

Give trans people legal access to single-sex spaces of their acquired gender
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725515

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Date submitted 22 April 2025
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